diff --git a/modules/@angular/upgrade/src/upgrade_adapter.ts b/modules/@angular/upgrade/src/upgrade_adapter.ts
index 664d83fa9a..497ca9a314 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/upgrade/src/upgrade_adapter.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/upgrade/src/upgrade_adapter.ts
@@ -450,49 +450,6 @@ export class UpgradeAdapter {
     return upgrade;
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Adds a provider to the top level environment of a hybrid AngularJS v1 / Angular v2 application.
-   *
-   * In hybrid AngularJS v1 / Angular v2 application, there is no one root Angular v2 component,
-   * for this reason we provide an application global way of registering providers which is
-   * consistent with single global injection in AngularJS v1.
-   *
-   * ### Example
-   *
-   * ```
-   * class Greeter {
-   *   greet(name) {
-   *     alert('Hello ' + name + '!');
-   *   }
-   * }
-   *
-   * @Component({
-   *   selector: 'app',
-   *   template: ''
-   * })
-   * class App {
-   *   constructor(greeter: Greeter) {
-   *     this.greeter('World');
-   *   }
-   * }
-   *
-   * var adapter = new UpgradeAdapter();
-   * adapter.addProvider(Greeter);
-   *
-   * var module = angular.module('myExample', []);
-   * module.directive('app', adapter.downgradeNg2Component(App));
-   *
-   * document.body.innerHTML = '<app></app>'
-   * adapter.bootstrap(document.body, ['myExample']);
-   *```
-   *
-   * @deprecated Use NgModules and `new UpgradeAdapter(ng2AppModule)` to configure top-level
-   *providers
-   */
-  public addProvider(provider: Type<any>|Provider|any[]|any): void {
-    this.providers.push(provider);
-  }
-
   /**
    * Allows AngularJS v1 service to be accessible from Angular v2.
    *
diff --git a/modules/@angular/upgrade/test/upgrade_spec.ts b/modules/@angular/upgrade/test/upgrade_spec.ts
index 537ee03c90..3163b4f35a 100644
--- a/modules/@angular/upgrade/test/upgrade_spec.ts
+++ b/modules/@angular/upgrade/test/upgrade_spec.ts
@@ -836,16 +836,18 @@ export function main() {
     describe('injection', () => {
       function SomeToken() {}
 
-      it('should export ng2 instance to ng1',
-         inject([AsyncTestCompleter], (async: AsyncTestCompleter) => {
-           var adapter = new UpgradeAdapter();
+      it('should export ng2 instance to ng1', async(() => {
+           var MyModule = NgModule({
+                            providers: [{provide: SomeToken, useValue: 'correct_value'}],
+                            imports: [BrowserModule]
+                          }).Class({constructor: function() {}});
+
+           var adapter = new UpgradeAdapter(MyModule);
            var module = angular.module('myExample', []);
-           adapter.addProvider({provide: SomeToken, useValue: 'correct_value'});
            module.factory('someToken', adapter.downgradeNg2Provider(SomeToken));
            adapter.bootstrap(html('<div>'), ['myExample']).ready((ref) => {
              expect(ref.ng1Injector.get('someToken')).toBe('correct_value');
              ref.dispose();
-             async.done();
            });
          }));
 
diff --git a/tools/public_api_guard/upgrade/index.d.ts b/tools/public_api_guard/upgrade/index.d.ts
index 0bf4405423..ed3f3be1c9 100644
--- a/tools/public_api_guard/upgrade/index.d.ts
+++ b/tools/public_api_guard/upgrade/index.d.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 /** @experimental */
 export declare class UpgradeAdapter {
     constructor(ng2AppModule?: Type<any>);
-    /** @deprecated */ addProvider(provider: Type<any> | Provider | any[] | any): void;
     bootstrap(element: Element, modules?: any[], config?: angular.IAngularBootstrapConfig): UpgradeAdapterRef;
     downgradeNg2Component(type: Type<any>): Function;
     downgradeNg2Provider(token: any): Function;